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On the anniversary of St John of the Cross’s canonization, we read a quote from St Edith Stein’s “Science of the Cross,” which recounts an assault on John from an angry lover whose girlfriend John converted.
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St Edith Stein tells us about the kidnapping of St John of the Cross and his fellow confessor, Fray Germán, from the chaplain's quarters at the Carmelite monastery of the Incarnation in Avila on the night of 2–3 December 1577.
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When the Carmelite Prior General visited Avila in February 1567, St. Teresa "arranged that he come to St. Joseph's" and the bishop assisted in making the arrangements. Father General was so impressed he sent patent letters authorizing St. Teresa to found more monasteries. The first letter was dated 27 April 1567.
We celebrate the baptism of St. Teresa with an excerpt from the Book of Her Life: "He never tires of giving, nor can He exhaust His mercies. Let us not tire of receiving."
"I remember that when my mother died I was twelve years old or a little less." Doña Beatriz Ahumada made her last will and testament on 24 November 1528.
As we observe the 450th anniversary of St. Teresa's return to Avila under obedience to the Apostolic Visitor, we meditate on her teaching concerning obedience: "there is no path that leads more quickly to the highest perfection than obedience"
St. Edith Stein tells the story of how St. Teresa became the prioress of the Monastery of the Incarnation in Avila amid a great furor 450 years ago
The Holy Souls in Purgatory aided me to arrive at St. Joseph of Avila
It is my heartfelt wish that the commemorative year, recently inaugurated, may arouse a renewed interest in the figure of this great Saint
When the Blessed Sacrament was brought into her cell, the Holy Mother raised herself without anyone’s help
On St. Bartholomew's day the habit was received by some and the Blessed Sacrament was reserved
How badly they pay You back who betray You!
I understood that I had a great obligation to serve our Lady and St. Joseph
I am leaving, God willing, on Ash Wednesday
Behold these wounds, for your sufferings have never reached this point.
He is holding these confessors captive in his monastery
When my mother died I went before an image of our Lady
When I left my father's house I felt that separation so keenly
I wish her to be called—Teresa of Jesus
There is, however, no record standing by of God’s reply
!["[Perfect love] will be our eternal life, and here we have to seek to come as close to it as possible. Jesus became incarnate in order to be our way."](https://scontent-lax3-2.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.29350-15/338273479_3403408046565587_3161977190221199289_n.webp?stp=dst-jpg&_nc_cat=100&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=8ae9d6&_nc_ohc=2RFDkB20o3EAX9_P_Re&_nc_ht=scontent-lax3-2.cdninstagram.com&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&oh=00_AfD3dCCOcYwFNxZwMJi3SIk_jRzaCCkbAKaT7QDSJRU25Q&oe=642E2A0B)
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Let nothing disturb you, Let nothing frighten you, All things are passing away: God never changes. Patience obtains all things. Whoever has God lacks nothing; God alone suffices. ~ St. Teresa of Avila
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